Thread: Panic at the Pumps
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Old 29-09-2021, 17:57   #246
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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Originally Posted by Taf View Post
Who thought "20 out of 1,200" petrol stations out of fuel was worth national news reporting? Probably knowing that reporting on it would trigger a response from many drivers? And embarrass Boris?

Just as the Labour Party Conference was about to take place. I smell a rat.
Yes, what about electric car manufacturers hiring 10,000 HGV drivers to do nothing except drive to petrol stations and fill up? That's an equally convincing story too.

Media's media and clicks come before politics, although most newspapers supported the Conservative Party at the last election.

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
The Department for Transport have written to HGV licence holders acknowledging problems with the supply chain and asking them to consider jobs in the industry.
Andrew Neil was tweeting that the DVLA had a backlog of 54,000 HGV licences to process.

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1443109515583496193
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